Asteroid Day press conference participants
The following people will speak at the Tuesday, 9 February press conference (either live or remotely):
- Moderator: Stuart Clark, astronomy author and journalist
- Brian May, astrophysicist, co-founder of Asteroid Day
- Grig Richters, filmmaker and co-founder of Asteroid Day
- Franco Ongaro, Director of Technical and Quality Management, ESA
- Ian Carnelli, Asteroid Impact Mission manager, ESA
- Detlef Koschny, Space Situational Awareness Near-Earth Object co-manager, ESA
- Richard Moissl, Rosetta instrument liaison officer, ESA
- Stephan Ulamec, Philae lander manager, German Aerospace Center DLR
- Patrick Michel, planetary scientist, senior researcher at CNRS French National Centre for Scientific Research
- Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, UK
- Mark Boslough, physicist and planetary defence expert, Sandia National Laboratories, adjunct professor, University of New Mexico, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
- Ed Lu, Shuttle astronaut, asteroid expert and Founder/CEO of B612 Foundation
- Dumitru Dorin Prunariu; Romanian astronaut, founding member Association of Space Explorers and liaison to the UN Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Space
- Tom Jones, Shuttle astronaut, planetary scientist, Chair, Association of Space Explorers Committee on Near-Earth Objects
- Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut
- Rakesh Sharma, Indian cosmonaut
Information for media
Media are also invited to tour the ESTEC facility, beginning at 13:00 CET.
RSVP for ESTEC or remote attendance: PR@asteroidday.org
Questions: pr@asteroidday.org or via Twitter (#AsteroidDay)
Journalists requesting one-to-one interviews: contact Diane Murphy, pr@asteroidday.org
Press conference will be webcast: RSVP for access instructions.
Further information
http://asteroidday.org/newsroom
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @AsteroidDay or contact PR@asteroidday.org
Media Contacts
Diane Murphy: US: +1 310 658 8756, PR@asteroidday.org
ESA: Ninja Menning: +31 6 21 43 75 58, estecpr@esa.int